After coming so close at Valhalla last month at the PGA Championship, LIV Golf's Bryson DeChambeau comes into the 2024 US Open as one of the favorites.
He's also one of six LIV players to have won the US Open before.
There's 12 LIV Golfers in the US Open this week at Pinehurst No.2, including five past champions - with Graeme McDowell no longer qualified after his 2010 victory at Pebble Beach.
Of the dozen, Bryson DeChambeau, in 2020, Brooks Koepka in 2017 and ’18, Dustin Johnson in 2016, Martin Kaymer in 2014 and Jon Rahm in 2021 are all past US Open winners.
Here, we take a quick look back at the US Open victories by LIV Golfers...
Graeme McDowell: 2010
G-Mac was the last man standing at a devilish Pebble Beach, closing with a final-round 74, a score good enough to just hold off Gregory Havret of France.
The Northern Irishman showed nerves of steel to claim his first Major title, fending off the likes of Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, and in so doing became the first British golfer to win the US Open since Tony Jacklin in 1970.
Martin Kaymer: 2014
The German was in a league of his own at Pinehurst No.2 ten years ago, where he cruised to victory by an incredible eight shots.
Kaymer, then 29, led from start to finish, displaying the same level of quality that had earned the man from Dusseldorf another huge victory at the Players Championship the previous month. History was also made that week, with Kaymer becoming the first man from continental Europe to win a US Open.
Incredibly, he is yet to win a tournament since.
Dustin Johnson: 2016
For so long, Johnson carried the tag of ‘best player never to have won a Major Championship’ – but he removed the monkey from his back at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania.
Things could so easily have turned out differently had the American let news that a Rules incident would be reviewed on completion of his round – delivered by an official on the 12th tee – affect his play.
As it turned out, when he birdied the last hole, Johnson gave himself the luxury of a four-shot lead, which meant that even a penalty stroke(s) couldn’t take the title away.
Brooks Koepka: 2017 and 2018
Brooks Koepka's first Major title came courtesy of a final-round 67 at Erin Hills in Wisconsin, where he finished the tournament at 16-under-par, and tied Rory McIlroy’s US Open record.
Then, a year later, at Shinnecock Hills, he become the first player to win the USGA’s marquee championship in back-to-back years since Curtis Strange in 1988-’89.
Bryson DeChambeau: 2020
The big-hitting American had his doubters heading into Winged Foot, but he proved them all wrong with an incredible combination of long game power and skilful wedge play.
Even when he was ankle deep in rough, DeChambeau somehow managed to find the putting surface with his approach – and he would tidy up from there. Two shots behind Matthew Wolff going into the final round, he ended up winning by six.
Jon Rahm: 2021
Rahm captured his maiden Major title at Torrey Pines in 2021, where he holed a stunning birdie putt at the 72nd hole to beat Louis Oosthuizen by one.
He became the first Spaniard in history to win the US Open trophy, coming at the venue of his first PGA Tour win.
